Published December 1, 2014 | Version v1
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Rousettus amplexicaudatus

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA & Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, USA
  • 2. Department of Biology, College of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Lampung, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
  • 3. Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesian Program, Bogor, Indonesia
  • 4. Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, USA & Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Bogor, Indonesia
  • 5. Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Bogor, Indonesia
  • 6. Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA & Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, USA & Corresponding author: E-mail: tigga. kingston @ ttu. edu

Description

Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Geoffroy, 1810)

Geoffroy’s rousette bat

New records

Lampung Province: Lombok Village, Sukabanjar Village, Sukaraja Village, Sumber Rejo Village, Way Canguk Forest.

Previous records from Sumatra

West Sumatra: Mentawai Islands; Bengkulu Province: Enggano Island; Lampung Province: Kalianda (Rookmaaker and Bergmans, 1981).

Remarks

All R. amplexicaudatus were caught with mist nets set at 564–722 m a.s.l. in coffee plantations, and in Way Canguk Forest.

Notes

Published as part of Huang, Joe Chun-Chia, Jazdzyk, Elly Lestari, Nusalawo, Meyner, Maryanto, Ibnu, Maharadatunkamsi, Wiantoro, Sigit & Kingston, Tigga, 2014, A recent bat survey reveals Bukit Barisan Selatan Landscape as a chiropteran diversity hotspot in Sumatra, pp. 413-449 in Acta Chiropterologica 16 (2) on page 426, DOI: 10.3161/150811014X687369, http://zenodo.org/record/3943617

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References

  • ROOKMAAKER, L. C., and W. BERGMANS. 1981. Taxonomy and geography of Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Geoffroy, 1810) with comparative notes on sympatric congeners (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). Beaufortia, 31: 1 - 29.